Alternative text (or alt text for short) is a short description of a graphic that helps people with visual impairments fully ...

This guidance is meant to be a starting point to create a deeper understanding of the implications alt text can have when people are the subject of an image. As you read, it is important to note that ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link If you build web pages or publish content online, you may be familiar with alt text. Alt texts are short captions you can add to images, ...

Want to make your social profiles accessible, too? Don't forget about the memes. Credit: Shutterstock / Photo Melon, Antonio Guillem The meme economy rarely falters, and as the impetus for much of our ...

Alt text is an HTML image attribute. It allows you to create an alternative text version of your image if it cannot load or has an accessibility issue. Because of its importance to Google Image Search ...

Twitter has had the ability to add alt text to your images for years, but if you don’t use a screen reader, you probably weren’t able to read what anybody else’s alt text says. Recently, though, the ...

Writing alt text can feel like a chore for those with a heavy workload. And yet alt text is necessary for SEO and accessibility. An alt text generator is a great option for those with high or complex ...

In a Google Office-hours hangout, Google’s John Mueller answered a question about how to use alt text for SEO. Along the way he dispelled the idea that there is a 16 word limitation on alt text and ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. In recent years, Pew Research Center has been thinking more intentionally about ...

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